As Archer walked towards Saber, Amen deliberately lagged behind, as if waiting for something.

The battle between Tosaka Tokitomi and Maki Yanya is no longer worth mentioning, and the two will be entangled forever, and then they will never die, but they can't stop dying.

Horcruxes are the basis and then transformed into special lich-like beings, as long as their "life box" is well hidden, and the physical body that walks outside is nothing more than their incarnation.

In this way, how can those two die?

Such an ending is already doomed, I believe that those two will not be stupid enough to expose their weaknesses casually.

Next, through the back hand that has been hidden in Alice Phil's body in advance, he can see what happened in the dream generated inside the Holy Grail through Alice Phil's other half of personality, so as to calculate the time and complete the final plan.

……

The killing continues.

Bullet. Dagger. Poison. Bomb.

Throughout. Tear. Burn. Immersion. Overpower.

There was never any doubt about the meaning. After carefully weighing its value, the side of the scales was chosen. The other side should be left empty, so kill. Killing, killing, continuous killing.

Yes, that's right. In order to save the majority, someone must sacrifice. If there are more happy people who are guarded than unfortunate ones, then the world is closer to being saved.

Even if there are countless corpses under your feet.

If there are lives that are saved because of this, then the most important thing is the lives that are guarded.

"-yes. Kiritsu. You're right. ”

Turning his head, he saw his wife standing beside him. She approached Kiritsugu with a tender, loving smile. Stand side by side with him on the mountain of corpses.

"I knew you were going to come with me. I'm sure if it's you. Will definitely get here. ”

"Ellie—"

A nostalgic and kind face. But there was something else that made him feel a little wrong.

Maybe it was because she was wearing a black dress that she had never seen before, and although it was one of the reasons, Kiritsugu still had the feeling that she had overlooked something important.

By the way, how is Saber? What happened to the remaining three groups of enemies? What about Yan Feng Qili? There are so many questions, what exactly should I ask?

Kiritsugu had no choice but to say the question he wanted to ask at the beginning.

"Where—is this?"

"This is the place where you can make your wishes come true. The inside of the Holy Grail that you are after. ”

Alice Phil replied with a smile. Kirishiro paused, turning his head to look around.

The black sludge that rolls like the sea and the waves.

Everywhere there were mountains of dried corpses, which were sinking into the sea.

The sky was red, as red as blood. In the black mud rain. The dark sun dominates the sky.

The wind is a curse and a complaint.

If there are any words to use as a metaphor, what is this, not hell?

"You say...... Is this the Holy Grail? ”

"yes, but don't be afraid. It's nothing more than something like an unformed dream. Now it is still waiting to be born. ”

Look there - Alice Phil points to the sky. The black whirlpool in the sky was initially mistaken for the sun by Kiritsugu. There is the center of the world, a "hole" in the sky. The unfathomable darkness inside, the density seems to be able to crush everything.

"That's the Holy Grail. Although it is not yet in form, the container is already full. Then it's just a matter of praying. Depending on the wish entrusted to it, it can change its appearance accordingly. Then it can acquire the posture and shape of the present world, and then it can appear in the 'outside world'. ”

“……”

"Alright. Hurry up and pray. Hurry up and give it a 'gesture'. You alone are worthy of defining its form. Kiritsu, pray to the Holy Grail. ”

Kiritsugu didn't say a word, just stared at the terrible "hole".

As long as it is a normal human being, it will not think that "hole" is a good thing. But even so, why can Alice Phil smile so indifferently. That's right. Her smile is the most unusual part.

If you want to say why?

“…… Who are you? ”

Kiritsugu suppressed the fear in his heart with anger and asked his wife in front of him.

"If the preparation of the Holy Grail is complete, it means that Alice Phil is dead. So. Who are you? ”

"I'm Alice Phil. You can think so. ”

Kiritsugu raised the magic spear in his right hand - aimed the muzzle of the Contender, which had been held in his hand during the battle with Kirei, at the person in front of him.

"Don't fool me, answer quickly!"

Face the muzzle full of murderous intent. The woman in the black dress smiled a little lonely, as if to show pity for Kiritsugu, who was forcing him to ask the truth.

“…… Right. I don't deny that it's just a mask. If I don't borrow a 'shell' that already has a personality, I can't communicate with others. I only pretended to be the way I am to convey my wishes. However, the personality of Alice Phil that I have is genuine. Before she disappeared, I was the last person to come into contact with her. So I inherited Alice Phil's last wish. She wanted me to show up as she was. ”

Hearing this, Kiritsugu understood through his intuition.

This place is called "the inner side of the Holy Grail", so the person in front of you who claims to be "someone who is nothing" should be-

"--Are you the consciousness of the Holy Grail?"

"Well, that's right."

Through Alice Phil's body, it nodded in agreement. But now, Kiritsugu frowned suspiciously.

"No way. The Holy Grail is just pure 'power', it has no consciousness at all. ”

"It used to be like that, but now it's different. I have the consciousness and the desire. My wish is 'I want to be born in this world.'" ”

"How could it be ......"

It's weird. It's unbelievable.

If this is true, then it is not the "wish machine" that Kiritsugu pursues that can be manipulated as he pleases.

Since you say you are conscious, then I ask you. How will the Holy Grail grant my wishes? ”

As if in a difficult situation, Alice Phil tilted her head slightly.

"This question - Kiritsu. You should know better than anyone else, don't you? ”

“…… You said. What the? ”

"Your very existence as a human is infinitely close to the Holy Grail. So, even if you communicate with me as you do now, you can stay rational. If you were an ordinary human, you would have a mental breakdown when you were touched by that mud. ”

Alice Phil spat out words cheerfully and happily.

Her smile somehow made Kiritsugu's heart stir.

"Didn't you already know how to save the world? So I'm going to inherit what you've done and fulfill your wishes as you've always done. ”

"What are you talking about?"

Kiritsugu didn't understand. Because he didn't want to understand it that way anyway.

"Answer me, what is the Holy Grail for? What would happen if that thing came into the world!? ”

Alice Phil sighed helplessly and nodded at each other's answers.

"-No way. Then the only thing left is for you to ask your own heart. ”

Fair and soft palms. Covered Kiritsugu's eyes-

Then the world went dark.

There were two ships floating on the sea.

There were 300 people on one ship, 200 people on the other, a total of 500 crew members and passengers, and Emiya Kiritsugu. Suppose these five hundred and one people are the last remaining human beings in this world.

Next, Kiritsugu only needs to act in a play based on the following propositions and roles.

"There was a fatal hole in the bottom of both ships at the same time, and Kiritsugu was the only one with the skills to repair the ship. While tinkering with one ship, the other sinks. So, which boat will you choose to build? ”

“…… The boat of three hundred, of course. ”

"When you've made your decision. What would you do if 200 men from the other boat detained you and demanded 'mend this boat first'? ”

"This ......"

Before he could answer, a machine gun appeared in Kiritsugu's hand.

The gun suddenly fired bullets like an automaton. Kiritsugu had to stare blankly at everything in front of him.

One bullet pierced four people. In an instant, all 200 people were shot.

"-- Correct. This is Emiya Kiritsu. ”

Kiritsugu watched motionlessly as the ship carrying the mountain of corpses sank into the sea. Every corpse on the deck seemed to be someone they knew.

"So. The remaining 300 men abandoned the damaged ships and continued their voyage on two new ships. This time there are two hundred people in one boat and one hundred people in one boat. But the bottom of both ships. Again at the same time there was a large hole. ”

"Hey ......"

"You are pulled by a hundred people in a small boat and asked to repair the boat first. What will you do? ”

"This ...... But ......"

Dazzling flashes of light in front of your eyes. With the explosion of the bomb, a hundred people were reduced to the silt of the sea. This is how Emiya Kiritsugu did it. As with his usual style, he carried out the killing.

"--Correct."

"That's not right...... No way! ”

Where is it right.

Two hundred were killed, and three hundred were sacrificed for this - and the balance was reversed.

"No, your calculations are not wrong. You did sacrifice the minority in order to save the majority. Okay, next question. ”

Ignoring Kiritsugu's protests, the game's owner continued.

One hundred and twenty and eighty were placed on the scales. Kiritsugu tortured and killed 80 people.

Next came eighty and forty. The "Magician Killer" gave the funeral to forty people, and each of their faces was the face of someone he knew, the faces of those who had been killed by his own hands.

Sixty and twenty -

Twenty-five and fifteen - the choice continues. The sacrifice continues. The mountains of corpses are piled higher and higher.

"This ...... Is that what you want me to see? ”

Disgusted by this low-level game, Kiritsugu asks the thing that calls itself "Holy Grail Consciousness".

"Yes, that's your truth, the answer from Emiya Kiritsugu's heart, the wish that the Holy Grail must fulfill as a wish machine."

"That's not right!"

Looking at his hands that were dyed red, Kiritsugu screamed.

"It's not my wish! I wish there was something else...... So I had to rely on 'miracles'......"

"What you don't know can't be contained in your desires. If you wish to save the world, you can only do so in the way you already know. ”

"What a joke! This...... What kind of miracle is it!? ”

"It's a miracle. The desires that you wish for, but which cannot be fulfilled individually, will be fulfilled on a scale that cannot be accomplished by humans. Isn't this a miracle and what is it? ”

There are five people left, and all of them are the most important people to Kiritsugu. But he still has to make a choice, whether to save two people or three people.

He screamed in despair and pulled the trigger and hit Emiya in the face. Natalia. Kaminsky's brain splattered.

"Do you want to ...... Coming into this world to all mankind...... Do something like that? Is this what I want to achieve? ”

"Exactly. Your wish is best suited to the form of the Holy Grail. Emiya Kiritsugu, you are so fit for the title of 'all the evils in the world'. (To be continued......)